Revealed: taxpayer-funded academies paying millions to private firms

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/12/taxpayer-funded-academy-paying-millions-private-firms-schools-education-revealed-education

JK Rowling attacks government as out of touch with poor people | Books | theguardian.com

JK Rowling attacks government as out of touch with poor people | Books | theguardian.com

Analysis: New Personal Best campaign aims for ‘mass participation’

http://m.thirdsector.co.uk/article/1193081/analysis-new-personal-best-campaign-aims-mass-participation

‘We have no more fat to cut,’ Charity Commission tells Treasury

http://m.thirdsector.co.uk/article/1183699/we-no-fat-cut-charity-commission-tells-treasury

Half of volunteer centres in England lost more than a quarter of their income last year

http://m.thirdsector.co.uk/article/1182174/Half-volunteer-centres-England-lost-quarter-income-last-year

The noise on immigration is drowning out real problems | Polly Toynbee

http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/13/noise-immigration-drowning-out-real-problems

Headteachers mock Jesse Norman’s claim Eton breeds best public servants

http://m.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/apr/28/headteachers-jesse-norman-eton-government

Olympic volunteering legacy might ‘fizzle out’, warn MPs

http://m.thirdsector.co.uk/article/1179125/Olympic-volunteering-legacy-fizzle-out-warn-MPs

Half of volunteers have negative opinions on big society, research indicates

http://m.thirdsector.co.uk/article/1176771/Half-volunteers-negative-opinions-big-society-research-indicates